ensemencer

French

Etymology

en- +‎ semence +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.se/

Verb

ensemencer

1. (transitive) to sow, seed

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of ensemencer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ensemencer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ensemençant /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ensemencé /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ensemence /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/	ensemences /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/	ensemence /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/	ensemençons /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɔ̃/	ensemencez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.se/	ensemencent /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/
	imperfect	ensemençais /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɛ/	ensemençais /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɛ/	ensemençait /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɛ/	ensemencions /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	ensemenciez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sje/	ensemençaient /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	ensemençai /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.se/	ensemenças /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sa/	ensemença /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sa/	ensemençâmes /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sam/	ensemençâtes /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sat/	ensemencèrent /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	ensemencerai /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁe/	ensemenceras /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁa/	ensemencera /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁa/	ensemencerons /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	ensemencerez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁe/	ensemenceront /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ensemencerais /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁɛ/	ensemencerais /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁɛ/	ensemencerait /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁɛ/	ensemencerions /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	ensemenceriez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	ensemenceraient /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	ensemence /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/	ensemences /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/	ensemence /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/	ensemencions /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	ensemenciez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sje/	ensemencent /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	ensemençasse /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sas/	ensemençasses /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sas/	ensemençât /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sa/	ensemençassions /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	ensemençassiez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sa.sje/	ensemençassent /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ensemence /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃s/	—	ensemençons /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.sɔ̃/	ensemencez /ɑ̃.s(ə).mɑ̃.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “ensemencer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.